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Workshopping

Posted on February 11, 2008 by beverlymagid in Beverly's Blog

Wow! After four days of intensive workshopping at UCLA, I both exhausted and jazzed. There’s nothing like focusing on nothing but writing, surrounded by nothing but writers, which to jumpstart the creative processes.

First of all, I was lucky, being in a small class which had such diverse voices, but all interesting and engaging. Secondly, our instructor, Noel Alumit, (wrote “Letters to Montgomery Clift” and “Talking to the Moon”) is a well-recognized novelist, who is giving and caring about the students. Thirdly, he brought in Sandra Zane, a literary agent from Global Literary Management, who also seems to care about writers, writing, reading, good work – along with all the rest of the business aspects. But she did remind us, as I’ve heard many times before, first page, even the first page of your work, as well as your query letter, most important words you might ever write. As a publicist, you always knew that an editor would give you ten seconds to engage their interest, make it work. (Now of course with emails, you probably don’t get that much time before the delete button is engaged.)

Also, the class reminded me how much exercises can help in getting the creative processes going. Even those which don’t seem directly connected to your work. It all feeds in and besides you can always find a way to use it for the work if you are truy open to new possibilities.

Okay, after four days non-stop, I have to go lie down and take a nap.
More later.

Events

Author talk /WHERE DO I GO
Sherman Oaks Library

October 1, 6:30pm

 

“Women Made A Difference”
Discussion about women’s roles in three eras
Stephen Wise Temple

December 13, 10:30am

 

Reading for the “No Rules Book Club,”
San Diego, CA

January, 9, 2017

 

Discussion with “Dine and Discuss,” women’s group,
Los Angeles, CA

January 25, 2017

Beverly signing & selling books

LA Times Book Fest
USC Campus
Noon-2pm, April 12 at Booth 953
(the Greater LA Writers Society booth)

 

Authors Panel,
May 8, 2014 6pm

Platt Branch, Los Angeles Public Library
23600 Victory Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA
Beverly will read and discuss SOWN IN TEARS

 

“Big Orange Book Fair”

Chapman University,
1 University Drive, Orange, CA
Authors Pavilion
October 12, 13, 2013

Duarte Book Festival,

October 5
Sponsored by the Friends of Duarte Library, 10am-4pm
Westminster Gardens
1040 Santo Domingo Avenue,
Duarte, CA (just past Pasadena)

SOWN IN TEARS

Featured on RedRoom (www.redroom.com) the week of September 16, along with a guest blog.
Thursday, June 6, 2013

Reading/Signing – 2 Book Clubs

Palos Verdes, CA
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4pm
Vromans Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA

 

March 2, 2013

Grand Avenue Park Book Festival (downtown LA)
Book signing/reading

 

November 5, 2012

Book reading/signing
Westwood Library
1246 Glendon (near corner of Westwood & Wilshire Blvd) at 6pm.

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